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July 26, 2022
“Dance with the Universe”: Indigenous languages, reconciliation and the papal tour
Global News: According to Tom McCallum (White Standing Buffalo), when Cree-speaking peoples first saw the “black robes” kneeling down and immersed in prayer, they didn’t know what the clergymen were doing. Pointing up to the heavens, the church leaders explained, “We’re talking to Him,” said McCallum. he moment gave birth to the Cree expression for...